South Wales Metro

Rail

• Introduced brand new trains in parts of the South Wales network to make train travel more comfortable and convenient.
• We electrified many routes South Wales, introducing the first electric trains in November 2024.
• Improved accessibility by installing lifts, access-for-all bridges and level-boarding to make it easier to get to and from your train.
• Installed bike hoops to make cycling to catch your train simpler and more appealing.
• Added more passenger information screens to make finding train times and information hassle-free.
• In late 2025 we opened our brand-new Taffs Well depot, now home to 36 tram-trains and over 400 colleagues.

Bus

We’re working in partnership with local Government in Wales and private bus operators to deliver a cohesive network of routes across South Wales.

We want more people to travel by bus and for bus travel to be an attractive option.

Our plan for integrated ticketing will make travelling in Wales seamless and less complicated.

Active travel

We’ll build on the considerable work carried out by Welsh local authorities in the past few years to make walking and cycling to and from our key transport hubs easier.

Safer and more attractive walking and cycling routes and facilities will make travelling around our towns, cities and villages a nicer experience for everyone.

We’re working to improve our railway stations so that it’s easier to walk and cycle to and from them.

Integrated transport

We’ll continue to improve the integration of rail, bus and active travel to improve connections and make your travel easier.

Improvements will include better cycle parking at rail and bus stations, demand-responsive public transport, and integrated ticketing which can be used across bus and rail services.

We’ll be running more weekday and Sunday services than ever before, there will be:

Weekdays

• Four trains per hour between Cardiff and the Heads of each Valley (Aberdare, Merthyr Tydfil, Treherbert), with trains every 15 minutes.
• Two of the four services from Treherbert, Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil will go on from Cardiff to Cardiff Bay.
• Increasing services between Pontypridd and Cardiff to 12 trains per hour.
• Six trains per hour between Caerphilly and Cardiff, a train every 10 minutes.
• Increasing services to six trains per hour travelling to Cardiff Bay.
• More frequent evening services.

Sundays

• Two trains per hour on Sundays between Cardiff and the heads of each Valley (Aberdare, Merthyr Tydfil, Treherbert).
• In June 2024 we introduced the City line's first-ever Sunday service, with the Coryton line following in 2025.
• The first-ever Sunday service on the Maesteg line, with trains running every two hours, and increasing to an hourly service soon.